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reniform spot, which it borders on the inside and obliquely from the 
latter to the costal margin, which it joins near the transverse anterior 
line. Transverse posterior line slightly projected superiority, wavy. 
Subterminal line broader than median lines, distinct, bordered on 
either side by a lighter shade. Terminal line darker than the others, 
very distinct, regularly undulate and continued without interruption 
from apex to internal angle. Posterior wings blackish, silky, immacu¬ 
late, with a terminal darker line; fringes ochraceous. Under surface 
of both pair, greyish ochraceous, showing a subterminal band and discal 
lunule. Antennas testaceous, white at base. Upper and under surface 
of the thorax, legs and head, same color as anterior wings. Abdomen 
sparsely clothed with hair, base of the segments blackish, terminal 
segment with a dark ochraceous sub-tuft. 9 Exp. inches. 
Hah. Canada; Middle States. Rare. Coll. Ent. Soc. Philadelphia. 
I dedicate this species to Francis Walker, Esq., of London, England. 
Dichagramma vinulenta nov. sp. (Plate 9, fig. 6.) 
Anterior wings rich dull red, terminal space shaded with purplish 
along the veins. Basal half-line oblique, indistinct. Transverse ante¬ 
rior line straight, distinct, darker shaded, preceded by a faint, some¬ 
what purplish, line and lighter shade. Median space darker shaded 
from the trannsverse anterior to median shade line, which latter is ill- 
defined. slightly wavy, borders the reniform spot externally, and runs 
straightly from costal to internal margins. Orbicular spot absent; re¬ 
niform, white, distinct, composed^of a central lunule with a small 
detached white spot at each extremity. Transverse posterior line pur¬ 
plish, slightly projected superiorily and undulate. Subterminal line 
broader than the others, dark reddish, bordered on either side by a 
lighter shade, undulate. Terminal space shaded with purplish along 
the veins; terminal line distinct, continued; fringes same shade as the 
rest of the wing. Posterior wings blackish, silky; fringes pale red¬ 
dish, long. Under surface of anterior wings reddish along the costal 
and external margins, blackish on the disk, and showing a faint discal 
spot and two darker shaded, approximate transverse bands, the outer 
one indistinct. Under surface of posterior wings pale reddish, whitish 
along internal margin and showing a darker shaded narrow band and 
discal spot. Head, thorax and tegulae same color as anterior wings; 
